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How Strong a President? |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / THE PRESIDENCY |
| Author: Richard Rose |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1988 |
| Size: 4,363 Words, 26,809 Characters |
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Do you want a dwarf or a giant as a president? If the former, then the 1988 American presidential election appears to fill the bill, for it offers a choice between candidates who are distinguished by their ordinariness. No one would expect any of the current Republican or Democratic alternatives to stand tall in a pantheon of world leaders. And even if a towering figure were elected president, the limitations imposed on him by the Constitution would soon cut him down to size.
By contrast, the French president has the powers of a giant, for the office was designed to fit Gen. Charles de Gaulle, a national leader who not only towered many inches in height over other politicians, but also stood tall in his self-confidence and in the trust of the French people. The general reacted agains...
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...ic judgments of the presidency fluctuate with the political ups and downs of the officeholder. Americans show no sign of wanting to abandon a system of government that makes the president subject to many restraints. Nor do Americans see a great need to change the institution of the presidency as long as they can change the occupant of the White House through their ballots once every four years.
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